Word: bombers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...flying bomb approaches its target on the wings of a rocket-assisted glider. It may be launched from a plane beyond the range of an enemy warship or bomber formation, may be controlled by radio...
There was no doubt that something new had been added to Japanese air power. Tokyo recently broadcast that three new types were in action. The types: a patrol plane, the Shite (the doer); a heavy bomber, the Donryu (the destroying dragon); and a fighter, the Shoki (Righteous Purifying Spirit). "In annihilation operations," Tokyo boasted, the new planes had "made the enemy America and Britain shiver with fear...
Next, Jesse A. Blevans, North American Aviation test pilot, drew a six-month suspension from CAB for flying a B-25 Mitchell bomber within 150 feet of a TWA plane near Adrian, Tex. Blevans, who had no previous incidents charged against him, admitted his error .in cutting in front of the transport, which was rolled over at a 45° angle by his propwash...
...October, when nine passengers and the crew of three died in the crash of an American airliner clipped in flight by an Army Lockheed B34. CAB investigated the crash, reported that the "probable" cause was the "reckless and irresponsible conduct of Lieut. William N. Wilson in deliberately maneuvering a bomber in dangerous proximity to the airliner in an unjustifiable attempt to attract the attention of the first officer [copilot] of the latter plane." The Army promptly court-martialed Lieut. Wilson, just as promptly acquitted...
...World's star crime reporter; in Syracuse, N.Y. He tracked down wife-killers, trapped oyster pirates, outwitted Yucatan slavers. From the remains of an unknown "anarchist" who bombed himself and Financier Russell Sage's office to pieces, White chose a button (detectives chose a head), identified the bomber as a Boston broker...